Cassie
Miller has returned to her hometown, North Ashcot, Massachusetts,
after being dumped by her fiancé in Boston. She cared
for her dying aunt, and now lives in the house where she grew
up. After having a successful postal career in Boston, she's
currently the postmaster for the North Ashcot branch.
A quiet
day turns puzzling when Cassie discovers that stacks of new
telephone books, set for disbursement to customers, has been
stolen! Cassie mulls this over and plans to report the theft,
but first goes to lunch with the handsome Scott James, an
eligible bachelor who works as assistant manager of a local
antiques store. Their lunch doesn't go as well as Cassie had
hoped, because after a pleasant and casual meal, police chief
Sunni Smargon and officer Ross Little show up in the restaurant
parking lot to take Scott in for questioning! As rumors swirl,
Cassie learns that telephone company field supervisor, Wendell
Graham, who in fact arranged for the delivery of the now missing
phone books, has been found murdered, and in his possession
was a piece of paper with Scott James name, as well as Scott
James OTHER name, Quinn Martindale.
Cassie
and Chief Smargon forge a friendship, and although Cassie
vows to not get involved in the murder investigation, she
is torn. She doesn't believe that Scott/Quinn is a killer,
and Wendell's sister, Wanda has asked her to help find the
truth. What will Cassie do, and how much does small town politics
or infighting have to do with this mystery?
This
is a very well written novel, and I was not surprised to find
out that author Jean Flowers is also an author whose work
I have immensely enjoyed under her other pen name. I enjoy
reading a new series from the very first book, and found Death
Takes Priority to be engaging, interesting, and chock full
of characters I look forward to getting to know better. You
won't want to miss this first in a new series, and if you
order it online, your mail carrier will deliver it right to
your front door!
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